Measuring-machine.



c. J. SMITH & c. E. BALDWIN.

MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. !3. 1915.

Patented Nov; H, 1916.

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' MEASURING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1915.

Patented Nov. H, 1916.

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E314 van M 010 i v affomwu GHESTER 3'. SMITH.

AND CHARLES ERNEST BALDWIN, or JAMESTOWN, new, YORK.

MEASURING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

. Application filed Gctober 13, 1915. Serial no. 55322.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHESTER 3'. SMITH and CHARLES ERNEsTBALDWIN, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lileasuring-viachines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

he invention relates to measuring machines for cloth or any material which may be drawn through said machine so to indicate the measurement on the registering mechanism of said machine; and the invention consists in providing a simple measuring machine which may be attached to the edge of a table or counter for manually drawing the material to be measured therethrough and providing registering mechanism which gives the exact measurement; and second, to provide a cutting mechanism for cutting narrow material and for notch-- ing the edge of wide material at the end of the measurement; and third, to provide mechanism for returning the registering mechanism to the normal or zero position ready to begin a new measurement; and the invention consists in the novel features and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the measuring machine attached to the edge of a table or counter. h Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mechanism with the .casmg removed showing the registering disks or wheels, the cutting knife and the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional view at line X X in Fig. 1 showing a side elevation of the machine as attached to the edge of a table or counter, with the operating rollers'in normal position. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the inner side of the disk which registers the inches or minor measurements and the mechanism for returning the registering disks to zero, also showing the knife and other parts. Fig. 5 is a sectional view at line Y Y in Fig. 4, showing the two registering disks and the end of the lever for returning said disks to zero and the supporting frame; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the inner end of said lever.

is a perspective view of the inner side of the disk for registering Fig. 7 I

measurements.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the sheet metal casing which has the openings 11 and 1'2 for observing the-numerals on the register ing disks. The sheet metal casing 10 is supported upon a frame consisting of the rods and plate 28 and the cast plate lfi, which cast plate extends out at right angles inthe shelf 1st and in the projecting lug 15 a spaced distance from the shelf 14 through which lug the thumb-screw 16 operates to clamp the machine on the edge of the table or counter between said screw 16 and the shelfll. The plate 13 has the standard 17 thereon to revolubly support the arbor of the operating or measuring roller 18 and gear 19. v

The shelf 14 has the flange 20 and slot 2'2 near one end. A notchii'ig or cutting knife the yard or major 21 is pivotally attached to theplate 13 near v the inner end of said knife 21 to cut downwardly with a shearing out against the flange 20 alongside the slot 22, a spring 23 being attached to the inner end of the knife 21 to return said knife to its normal raised position parent that the knife 21 might be extended to make a longer out than the one shown, but the preferred purpose of the knife 21 is to cut narrow material and to start the cut on wide'material at the end of the measurement, since the severing of wide fabrics is more easily and quickly accomplished by tearing or with a pair of shears or scissors and a long knife would he unwieldy and.

cumbersome.

ready for another cut. It is ap-' A roller 24 is held by supporting plate 25 and a spring 42 firmly against the under- The .registering disks 26 and 27 are revolubly supported upon the frame '28 attached to the plate 13, a shaft 13 being sup ported upon the plates 28 and 13 for revolublysupporting the registering disks 26 and 27. The registering disk 26 which registers the minor measurements is operated by the measuring roller 18 by means of the gears 19 and 29, gear 29 being revolubly mounted on the supporting shaft 43 and pressed against the registering disk 26 so as to normally revolubly move in unison therewith, and so that when the roller 18 is revolved by drawing the material to be measured between the rollers 18 and 2a, the registering disk 26 will be revolubly moved also by means of the 'connective gears 19 and 29.

.The second or major registering disk 27 has the internal gear 30 thereon Within which a gear 31 meshes. The gear 31 is mounted on a revoluble arbor in a lever 32,

(within) and between the disks 26 and 27 which arbor has an operating star-shaped or toothed wheel 33 on the opposite end thereof. A pin 34 is provided on the inner side of the disk 26 in the path of the toothed wheel 33 so as to move said toothed wheel a step at a time, which step. corresponds to the yard measurements on the periphery of the registering disk 27. In order to hold the toothed wheel 33 and gear 31 from moving inaccurately, a roller 35 is provided which is pressed between the teeth of the wheel 33 by means of the leaf spring 36 material to be measured through between the rollers 18 and 21 will rotatably and accurately move the registering disk 26 and that each revolution of said disk 26 accurately moves the registering disk 2'7, one step thereby registering the length of the mate- 'rial that is drawn through between said.

1 gage the cams37 and 38 when the inner end of said lever 32 is moved upwardly.

The lever 32 is pivotally supported on a stud on the plate '13 at 4:1 so that manual pressure on the outer end of the lever 32 will throwthe inner end upward thereby bringing the rollers 39 into contact with the cams 37 and 38, and the peculiar shape of said Leeann.

cams with the pivotal position of the lever 32 causes said rollers 39 to move toward the center of the disks 26 and 27 thereby simultaneously and quickly moving said disks back to their normal position when the lever 32 is pressed downwardly.

In order to insert the cloth or material to bemeasured between the rollers 18 and 21,

Fig. 3, and thereby permitting the easy insertion of the material to be measured. The spring 42 is attached to the arm 14 or to the set-screw for said armand to one of the rods of the frame thereby always drawing the parts back to normal so, that the roller 2-1 presses firmly against the roller 18.

An adjusting screw 47 is provided on the frame 28 in line with the lever 32 against which said lever strikes when it is re turned to the normal position by means of the spring 18, which spring is attached to the frame 28 at one end and to a hook on the underside of the lever 32. The heok is placed between the pivotal point 41 and theregistering disks 26 and 27 in order to draw downward on the inner end of the lever 32 and upward on the outer end. This brings a spring pressure .upon gear 31 so that it is normally held in mesh in the gear 30 and the screw 1L7 regulates the depth of mesh of these two gears, otherwise the 1 5 spring 18 would draw said gears too heavily into mesh and thereby stop the movement of the registering disk 27. I i

It is apparent that when the disks 26 and 27 are returned to thenormal or zero position, the gear 31 must be raised out of, mesh with the gear 30 so as to leave the disk 27 free to rotate back to' said'zero position.

This is also accomplished by'the-depression of the lever. 32 which raises the gear 31 out of mesh with the 'gear 30 and permits the rollers 39 to engage the cams 37 and 38.

Whenever the lever, 32 is depressed it is apparent that the arm--16 engages the arm 14 and depresses the roller 24, thereby re- 12a leasing the material to be measured and the operating roller 18, thereby permitting all the parts to rotate freely in returning the registering'disks to their zero position. A

spring 50 is provided on the frame 28 which bears against the side of the disk 27, entering a depression 49 in the side of said disk which depression is made in the side of said disk at the point which holds the disk 27 at said zero position. The spring 50 136 slides easily along the rotating disk while it is-returning to normal but when the rollers 39, enter the groove at the top of the heartshaped-cams 37 and 3S and stop there the, spring enters the groove or depression 49 thereby holding the registering disk 27 firmly in the Zero position. The disk 26 is held in the zero position by the pressure of the gear 29. \Vhen it is desired to measure an entire piece'of material, it is started from the line 51 on shelf ll opposite the centers of the operating rollers 18 and 24, the registering disks 26 and 27 having first returned to the zero position by the depression of the lever The piece of material may then be inserted while the lever 32 is depressed and with the release of the lever 32 the material is clamped firmly between the two rollers 18 and 2f and may be drawn through from end to end thereby registering on the disks 26 and 27 the exact length of said piece of material. \Vhen it is desired to cut a certain portion from a piece of material, the end of the material is placed against the cutting flange 20 as it is inserted between the rollers 18 and 2i and is drawn through until the desired amount is registered on the disks 2G and 27 at whichpoint the knife 21 is depressed thereby cutting or notching the edge of 'the material at the end of the measurement. The lever 32 is depressed to release the material thereby simultaneously removing the gear 31 out of mesh with the gear 30 so as not to disturb the disk 27 until it is moved by the roller 39 engaging the cam 38. The depression of the lever 32 also simultaneously depresses the roller 2& and as the'two rollers 39 move upward, the lever 32 returns the two registering disks 26 and 27 to the zero position, and upon its release leaves the parts in normal position ready for-a new measurement.

The numerals on the registering'disks 26 and 27 are preferably made so as to be read from the opposite side from that of which ,the operating rollers 18 and 24. are placed. Thisarrangement brings the right hand of the operator into position for operating the lever 32 and drawing the material through the machine.

e claim as new:.

1. A measuring macnine comprising a frame, rollers revolubly mounted on said frame to be actuated by drawing the material to be measured therebetween, registering disks rotatively mounted on said frame,

a lever pivotally mounted on said frame and extending between said registering disks, geared connection between one of said rollers and one of said disks to rotatively move the same, mechanism on said lever to rotatively move the other registering disk one step when said lever is in normal position by each complete rotation of the first registering disk, said registering disks being released from said mechanism when said lever is moved from normal posi- A measuring mach ne comprising a frame, o peratingjrollers revolubly mounted between said rollers, and turn said registering mechanism back to zero.

3. A measuring machine comprising a frame, operating rollers revolubly mounted on said frame to be actuated by drawing the materialto be measured therebetween, registering mechanism actuated by .said operating rollers to register the measurement, a

lever and mechanism thereon to return said registering mechanism to the Zero position, one of said operating rollers being operatively connected to said lever so that said roller will be moved away from the otherroller when said lever returns said registering mechanism to the zero position.

4:. A. measuring machine comprising a frame, operating rollers rotatively mounted on said frame to be actuated by drawing the material to be measured therebetween', a registering disk having measuring indications thereon, connective gearing between the shaft of one of said rollers and said registering disk to rotatively move the same, a second registering disk facing the first registering disk having an internal gear therein, a lever extending between said registering disks, a gear revolubly mounted on an arbor on said lever and meshing in said internal gear, a star wheel on the opposite end of said arbor to turn the same, and a pin on said first registering disk to engage said star wheel and turn said second registering disk one step at a time.

5. A measuring machine comprising op-v the shaft of one of said rollers and said registering disk to operate the same, a second registering disk facing the first registering disk having an internal gear therein, a lever extending between said disks, a gear revolubly mounted on said lever and meshing in saidiinternal gear, a star wheel mounted on the same shaft as said gear en said lever to'turn therewith, a pin on said first registering disk to engage said star Wheel and turn said second registering disk one step, and mechanism operably connecti) ed to said lever to separate said operating rollers for the insertion of the material to p be measured. 1

G. A measuring machine comprising operating rollers to beactuated by drawing registering disk to rotate the same, a second registering disk facing the first registering disk having an internal gear therein, a lever extending between said gears a gear revolubly mounted on said lever and meshing in said lnternal gear, a star Wheel mounted on the same shaft as said gear onsaid lever to turn therewith, a pin on said first registering disk to engage said star wheel and turn the same and said second registering disk one step, and mechanism on said lever and registering disks for returning said registering disks to'the zero position.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER J. SMITH. a 1 CHARLES ERNEST BALDWIN.

Vitnesses:

H. A. SANDBERG, RALPH J. OOJNER. 

